Words of the week
Sep 21 to Sep 27, 2026
A few words worth knowing from 7 Nectary puzzles, and every pangram, each with its meaning. Today’s puzzle joins the list tomorrow, so nothing here gives it away.
Worth knowing
- twofer
noun. an offer of two for the price of one
From puzzle #22
- titter
verb. laugh nervously
From puzzle #24
- etcher
noun. someone who etches
From puzzle #26
- aerator
noun. an apparatus for exposing something to the air (as sewage)
From puzzle #22
- trivet
noun. a three legged metal stand for supporting a cooking vessel in a hearth
From puzzle #25
- riveter
noun. a worker who inserts and hammers rivets
From puzzle #25
- actuate
verb. put in motion or move to act
From puzzle #27
- tatted
adjective. having many tattooes
From puzzle #27
The week’s pangrams
- Monday, September 21, 2026payment
- paymentPerfect
noun. a sum of money paid or a claim discharged
- paymentPerfect
- Tuesday, September 22, 2026otwerfa
- footwear
noun. clothing worn on a person's feet
- footwear
- Wednesday, September 23, 2026ainogvd
- avoiding
verb. stay clear from; keep away from; keep out of the way of someone or something
- avoiding
- Thursday, September 24, 2026iutearm
- Friday, September 25, 2026viroegt
- vertigoPerfect
noun. a reeling sensation; a feeling that you are about to fall
- vertigoPerfect
- Saturday, September 26, 2026chtkire
- hitchhiker
noun. a person who travels by getting free rides from passing vehicles
- thickerPerfect
adjective. not thin; of a specific thickness or of relatively great extent from one surface to the opposite usually in the smallest of the three solid dimensions
- hitchhiker
- Sunday, September 27, 2026taedcvu
- evacuated
verb. move out of an unsafe location into safety
- evacuated